Sushupta and the Prince!
Prince of the jungle he was
and big enough to rule
the other side of the lake.
Yet playful with other animals,
with them friends
he would make!
His roar was loud
and his gaze intense
but not consternation, (Panic)
his arrival would
bring reassurance!
He would be the king
He would be the king!
One day he was
bit ill at ease.
Before he could take
his stride would cease!
On lifting his paw
a wound he saw,
"Must have been a thorn
that was not pried!"
and a thyme leaf
the friend applied.
The wound didn't go
howsoever
all animals tried.
"Other side of the lake,
to the west
the soil there,
for all ills
it's said to be the best!"
Jungle was his world
without any fear
alone he would roam!
In no time he
In no time he
reached there.
There was a lull,
the air seemed dull!
He wondered
"Why it's so
stoic here!"
A man, he saw there,
and wondered
what he does here!
But the man started
to tremble with fear
"Don't be petrified,
it is for cure
that I come here,
the soil, they say
has healing power
but am also jocund
having met you.
Humans are known
for their mending hand,
and what's that they
call you"
"Sushupta"
and he remained quiet!
"Why don't you alleviate
my suffering
or you await
some offering?"
"No...me..
the soil...
the soil is good,
just be here....
surely cure...
it would"
and he fled
as if unwilling
to take the price
but the prince
heed his advice
and resolved
to stay back
He, who is born
to be the king,
his fate may turn
and an unknown future
it may bring,
those whom he trusts
may be the cause
the head may not
get the crown
even if ills
are in the paws!
It was the loudest roar
the zoo had ever heard
but all continued their business
no one was scared!
The prince was inside a cage
devouring anyone was
besides the point,
he couldn't even graze!
In fact that was why
he was being given
his meat supply
but rather than
gormandize the feast,
at the provider
would snarl the beast!
"Why does he have
such a conduct?"
asked the keeper
"Of the inward anger
that is the product"
replied the provider
"Only you could have
appreciated,
go ahead Sushupta,
the beast needs
to be educated"
"I must talk to him
before his anger
is up to the brim!"
The next day
Sushupta approached
the prince
No meat this time
only words
to mince
"why don't
you eat?
" Dare you
repeat!"
the Prince thundered
what to do next
Sushupta wondered!
"First, my helotry you brood
then so kindly
you offer me food"
"Chutzpah, it may sound
but the truth
you haven't found!"
"Only to capture me
was your goal
that's the truth
you perfidious soul!"
"What I did?"
"From where you hid
you watched me
become a prey
Having told me
there to stay"
"Ah! but there
on your own
you came"
"You connived
with my friends
so as to tame,
instead of herbs
poison they used
and made me lame
and ill-advised
to go to lake's west,
a guileless lame prey
in your domain
and the trap
did the rest"
"You won't trust
whatever I may say,
but please eat,
with folded hands
I pray,
Now, that's what is best
for sure
look at the future
forget the yore.
Whenever I come to help
your preclude
your own cause,
you terrorize me
and show me
your fangs & claws!
Next time
to come
I am jittery,
but I want
to help
and that's not
for pity,
I know I must
but for that
you have to trust,
don't maraud yourself
your only hope
I promise, this is
your chance to grope
you trusted me once
do that again,
believe me
I can't see you in pain."
Prince looked
with leery eyes,
Sushupta felt
in vain were
all his tries
but the Prince stopped
growling from thereon
when his meal
would be borne
but it was not Sushupta
the bearer,
the Prince didn't know
had he lost a friend
or had he become
dearer!
The wound had healed
that of the paw
but is that equally easy
for the hearts to thaw?
The keeper was away
and dawn was breaking the day
Sushupta had awoken
and he made
a bar of the cage look broken,
without a wince
opened the cage door
and told the Prince
"I gave you hope
and it is today
that you must elope.
Go, rule the world,
here,
I have kept my word!"
Was it a relieved sigh
or an indignant cry?
Out came the Prince
and thundered loud!
The Prince said
"Whether you feel proud
or it's your repentance
it's your affection
or to be absolved, a chance
but I suffered because of you
and my anguish
you can not have a clue!'
"You didn't seem
to have faith
but I trusted you
and my senses
that are always true,
whether you devour me now
or are obliged
is up to you"
" I don't care
whether you contrived
to have me bound,
but in my freedom
pinnacle of happiness
I have found,
can't even think of revenge,
am so blissful in liberty,
and dear friend
it's only
because of your audacity,
so thank you
to the sophomore you
and one thing more
that the food was insipid
when not brought by you!"
To the Jungle, the Prince went
where rest of the days
as a King he spent,
Sushupta was awoke,
told the keeper the truth,
how the cage broke
but was too precious
for the keeper to lose
who contemplated
how for another hunt
Sushupta could be of use!
what he does here!
But the man started
to tremble with fear
"Don't be petrified,
it is for cure
that I come here,
the soil, they say
has healing power
but am also jocund
having met you.
Humans are known
for their mending hand,
and what's that they
call you"
"Sushupta"
and he remained quiet!
"Why don't you alleviate
my suffering
or you await
some offering?"
"No...me..
the soil...
the soil is good,
just be here....
surely cure...
it would"
and he fled
as if unwilling
to take the price
but the prince
heed his advice
and resolved
to stay back
He, who is born
to be the king,
his fate may turn
and an unknown future
it may bring,
those whom he trusts
may be the cause
the head may not
get the crown
even if ills
are in the paws!
It was the loudest roar
the zoo had ever heard
but all continued their business
no one was scared!
The prince was inside a cage
devouring anyone was
besides the point,
he couldn't even graze!
In fact that was why
he was being given
his meat supply
but rather than
gormandize the feast,
at the provider
would snarl the beast!
"Why does he have
such a conduct?"
asked the keeper
"Of the inward anger
that is the product"
replied the provider
"Only you could have
appreciated,
go ahead Sushupta,
the beast needs
to be educated"
"I must talk to him
before his anger
is up to the brim!"
The next day
Sushupta approached
the prince
No meat this time
only words
to mince
"why don't
you eat?
" Dare you
repeat!"
the Prince thundered
what to do next
Sushupta wondered!
"First, my helotry you brood
then so kindly
you offer me food"
"Chutzpah, it may sound
but the truth
you haven't found!"
"Only to capture me
was your goal
that's the truth
you perfidious soul!"
"What I did?"
"From where you hid
you watched me
become a prey
Having told me
there to stay"
"Ah! but there
on your own
you came"
"You connived
with my friends
so as to tame,
instead of herbs
poison they used
and made me lame
and ill-advised
to go to lake's west,
a guileless lame prey
in your domain
and the trap
did the rest"
"You won't trust
whatever I may say,
but please eat,
with folded hands
I pray,
Now, that's what is best
for sure
look at the future
forget the yore.
Whenever I come to help
your preclude
your own cause,
you terrorize me
and show me
your fangs & claws!
Next time
to come
I am jittery,
but I want
to help
and that's not
for pity,
I know I must
but for that
you have to trust,
don't maraud yourself
your only hope
I promise, this is
your chance to grope
you trusted me once
do that again,
believe me
I can't see you in pain."
Prince looked
with leery eyes,
Sushupta felt
in vain were
all his tries
but the Prince stopped
growling from thereon
when his meal
would be borne
but it was not Sushupta
the bearer,
the Prince didn't know
had he lost a friend
or had he become
dearer!
The wound had healed
that of the paw
but is that equally easy
for the hearts to thaw?
The keeper was away
and dawn was breaking the day
Sushupta had awoken
and he made
a bar of the cage look broken,
without a wince
opened the cage door
and told the Prince
"I gave you hope
and it is today
that you must elope.
Go, rule the world,
here,
I have kept my word!"
Was it a relieved sigh
or an indignant cry?
Out came the Prince
and thundered loud!
The Prince said
"Whether you feel proud
or it's your repentance
it's your affection
or to be absolved, a chance
but I suffered because of you
and my anguish
you can not have a clue!'
"You didn't seem
to have faith
but I trusted you
and my senses
that are always true,
whether you devour me now
or are obliged
is up to you"
" I don't care
whether you contrived
to have me bound,
but in my freedom
pinnacle of happiness
I have found,
can't even think of revenge,
am so blissful in liberty,
and dear friend
it's only
because of your audacity,
so thank you
to the sophomore you
and one thing more
that the food was insipid
when not brought by you!"
To the Jungle, the Prince went
where rest of the days
as a King he spent,
Sushupta was awoke,
told the keeper the truth,
how the cage broke
but was too precious
for the keeper to lose
who contemplated
how for another hunt
Sushupta could be of use!
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